This week, we had many software and distro releases, including Kali Linux 2026.3, Firefox 159, KDE Plasma 6.8.2, Thunderbird 159, Scribus 1.6.7, Mesa 26.2.6, Armbian Imager 2.5, PipeWire 1.6.11, LibreOffice 26.8.2, Tor Browser 16.0, Shelly 3.1.10, Linux Lite 8.2, Enlightenment 0.28, OpenShot 4.1, and PorteuX 2.9.
On top of that, I tell you all about the new mini Linux PCs from System76 and TUXEDO Computers, Linux Mint’s new apps, and KDE’s Kwi. Below, you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in the 9to5Linux roundup for November 1st, 2026.
